Factors influencing career decisions to pursue the position of superintendent as identified by Hispanic and Anglo female administrators in Texas public schools /
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of female school administrators in Texas with regard to factors influencing their career decisions to pursue the position of superintendent. A letter with a questionnaire website address was sent to the total population of female administr...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of female school administrators in Texas with regard to factors influencing their career decisions to pursue the position of superintendent. A letter with a questionnaire website address was sent to the total population of female administrators in Texas. Major research findings included: 1. Hispanic female administrators found background in administration, being humanistic - people-directed, background in curriculum, diversity of administration positions held, and education encouragement by parents/own family as very facilitating. The Hispanic female administrators found the following as inhibiting factors: family responsibilities, limited community support for hiring a female superintendent, combination of ethnicity and gender, limited availability of mentors, search firms' unwillingness to recruit women as superintendents, being a woman, mobility/flexibility to relocate, reaction of men on school boards toward women administrators, and limited availability of role models. 2. An independent samples t-test determined six factors that were significantly different (p<.05) between the means of the female superintendents and the area, assistant, associate, and deputy superintendent subgroup: degree status, background in school finance, school board's willingness to hire a woman as superintendent, age at which one obtained first administration position, and motivation to attain the position of superintendent. 3. An independent samples t-test determined four factors that were significantly different (p<.05) between the means of the Hispanic administrators and the Anglo administrators: diversity of administration positions held, availability of mentors, career encouragement by other administrators, and availability of female role models. Based on the findings of this study, researcher recommendations include: 1. The organizations that support female administrators should consider the establishment of networks to include the pairing of mentors, sponsors, and role models with aspiring superintendents. 2. Organizations that represent female administrators should consider promoting their positive skills, abilities, and qualifications. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: Educational Administration". |
| Physical Description: | xii, 163 leaves ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilm Inc. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 140-152). |